Peoria teen gets 21 years for May armed robbery

A Peoria teen was sentenced to 21 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to breaking to a home and robbing its occupants in May.

Journal Star Staff

A Peoria teen was sentenced to 21 years in prison Monday after pleading guilty to breaking into to a home and robbing its occupants in May.

Dimitri A. Washington, 19, of 2508 W. Latrobe St. pleaded guilty in Peoria County Circuit Court to charges of home invasion and armed robbery, receiving the minimum sentence. Without the deal, he could have faced up to 45 years behind bars.

Washington was one of three who broke into the home, 2809 W. Arlington, on May 18. One of those men had a handgun and took one of the occupants into a back room, where he took three cellphones and about an ounce of marijuana before fleeing. A neighbor recognized one of the men and told police, who also had been told one of the men was wearing a distinctive jacket and had an unusual tattoo.

Police went to Washington’s home, where they found the items that were taken along with a handgun, according to court records.

As part of his deal, prosecutors also agreed to drop a separate residential burglary charge stemming from a May 6 incident in the 2500 block of West Latrobe Street.

With credit for time served and day for day “good-time” credit, Washington could get out of prison in about 10 years.